Question on hybination?

[Snake]

Hi

I was just wondering if, with pet snakes, do you need to force hybinate or dont they need to hybinate at all?

 

[MrBredli]

Excluding Diamond Pythons that are a year or older, you do not have to cool your snake over Winter. As with everything, this is also debatable.

 

[MrBredli]

You do need to cool them if you expect them to mate though, but i presume you're talking about your hatchy so this is irrelevant at this stage.

 

[Kersten]

What he said pretty much.

 

[Snake]

thanks heaps and yes i was talkin about Jebediah :wink:

 

[soulweaver]

Hi

I was just wondering if, with pet snakes, do you need to force hybinate or dont they need to hybinate at all?

australian snakes don't hybinate.

 

[Retic]

Australian reptiles generally don't hibernate, although in Tasmania it may well occur.
In this country brumation is probably more accurate, it's probably quite a fine line but they generally stay active to some degree during the winter months.

 

[TrueBlue]

Yes a agree very few if any,(with the possible exception of a carpet population on south oz island-s, and the odd pocket of diamonds, oz pythons dont hibernate, they get a lot less active in moast ares but do not hibernate. A lot of wild populations, will even keep feeding thru the cooler months.

 

[hugsta]

My diamonds remaim very active during winter brumation coming out almost every day to bask, they are in an outdoor aviary.